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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Hot Weather, Camp Meeting, Second World War, First World War and Poetry.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did White write his friend had around his land in "Poetry"?
(a) An electric fence.
(b) A white picket fence.
(c) Men with guns.
(d) Rocks.

2. Where was the junk shop that E. B. White went to get rid of a piece of furniture in "Removal"?
(a) 3rd Avenue.
(b) 14th Street.
(c) 2nd Avenue.
(d) 5th Avenue.

3. What ride did White watch people waiting in line for at the fair in "Security"?
(a) The twister.
(b) The roller coaster.
(c) The hay ride.
(d) The Ferris wheel.

4. In the second edition of One Man's Meat, the book was expanded to include writings of E. B. White's for which magazine?
(a) Time Magazine.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) Harper's Magazine.
(d) Collier's Magazine.

5. When was "Hot Weather" written?
(a) June, 1939.
(b) July, 1939.
(c) September, 1938.
(d) August, 1938.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had White taken a trip in "Walden"?

2. The speaker in "Camp Meeting" spoke about his financial plan for taking care of who in the United States?

3. How many children's books did White say his wife received in the past season in "Children's Books"?

4. Where in Maine did E. B. White live while writing One Man's Meat?

5. Where was E. B. White born?

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